Remove Unwanted Characters
===========

This node removes unwanted characters from the specified input columns

Input
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It accepts a DataFrame as input from the previous Node

Type
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transform

Class
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fire.nodes.etl.NodeRemoveUnwantedCharacters

Fields
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      * - Name
        - Title
        - Description
      * - inputCols
        - Input Columns
        - Input columns
      * - removeWhitespaces
        - Remove Whitespaces
        - Removes white space
      * - removeLetters
        - Remove Letters
        - Removes letters
      * - removeDigits
        - Remove Digits
        - Removes digits
      * - removeSigns
        - Remove Signs
        - Removes signs
      * - removeCommas
        - Remove Commas
        - Removes commas


Details
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This node removes unwanted characters from the specified input columns


Examples
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Incoming Dataframe has following row:


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | $12,500.00 |  Salary hiked by 10%


If removeUnwantedCharacters is configured to remove unwanted characters from [SALARY] and [COMMENTS] columns 

then outgoing Dataframe would result as below based on option selected:


REMOVE WHITESPACES is selected as [True]
+++++++++++++++


Whitespaces are removed from the selected columns


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | $12,500.00 |  Salaryhikedby10%


REMOVE LETTERS is selected as [True]
+++++++++++++++


Alphabets are removed from the selected columns


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | $12,500.00 |  10%


REMOVE DIGITS is selected as [True]
+++++++++++++++


Numbers are removed from the selected columns


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | $,.        |  Salary hiked by %


REMOVE SIGNS is selected as [True]
+++++++++++++++


Special characters are removed from the selected columns


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | 1250000    |  Salary hiked by 10


REMOVE COMMAS is selected as [True]
+++++++++++++++


Commas are removed from the selected columns


::

     CUST_CD  |  CUST_NAME  |  SALARY    |    COMMENTS          
    -------------------------------------------------------------
     C01      |  MIKE       | $12500.00  |  Salary hiked by 10%